Sigla:
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 377 |
Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-7 – Vo ll. 1-12: Fragment of silencing curse (?). |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes. |
Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1000 |
| Date notes: | 10th century according to Mößner and Nauerth 2015: p. 304; Theis 2023: 256. A date in the eleventh century would also seem plausible (KD 11/20/2023). |
Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_377/0001/image |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 6.7 | Width: 7.1 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Theis 2023: 256; Mößner, Nauerth: 2015: p. 304. Theis (2023: 256) suggests that about half of the original width was lost, suggesting an original width of ca. 14 cm. |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Incomplete, fragment from a sheet, inscribed on both sides. |
Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column surviving each on recto and verso, 7 lines on recto, 12 lines and a drawing on verso. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie |
| Collection History: | Purchased by Carl Reihardt in 1896, acquired by the University of Heidelberg in 1897 (Heidelberg inventory card; Theis 2023: 256). |
Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
156 |
| Collection website: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_377 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Theis, Christoffer. “P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 377: Zauberei in Text und Bild”, Journal of Coptic Studies 25 (2023): 257-270. |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Mößner, Tamara and Claudia Nauerth. “Koptische Text und ihre Bilder.” In Ägyptische Magie und ihre Umwelt, edited by Andrea Jördens. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, p. 304. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874193 |
PAThs: |
PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | EL (24/9/18); EL (23/1/20); KD (19/11/2018); MPS (12/9/2019); MPS (2/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (11/10/2023) |